DHAKA: Islamic State has seized control of several villages north of Aleppo, Syria, despite Russian and US air strikes said to be targeting the group.Moscow says its air force has killed 300 militants over the past 24 hours.But a BBC correspondent in the area says the strikes seem to be

DHAKA: The German government says there have been almost 500 attacks on homes intended for asylum seekers this year - three times more than in 2014.German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere called such violence ‘shameful’.Two-thirds of the attacks were carried out by locals who had

DHAKA: In sixth phase, 73 more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued from Myanmar coast, will be brought back home on Monday, said officials of Border Guard Bangladesh.BGB Cox’s Bazar sector commander colonel M Anisur Rahman said that the process to bring 73 fortune seekers

DHAKA: Russia has agreed to resume talks with the US on air safety during Syria bombing campaigns, says the Pentagon.The talks "are likely to take place as soon as this weekend," said press secretary Peter Cook.There have been concerns that there could be an accidental clash as the two

DHAKA: Two people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona, just hours apart.One person was killed and three injured in the first shooting at Northern Arizona University early on Friday, which involved fraternity members, BBC reported.Later that morning a

DHAKA: Research published in the medical journal The Lancet says one in three of all the young men in China are likely to die from tobacco, but that the number can fall if the men quit smoking.The studies, conducted by researchers from Oxford University, the Chinese Academy of Medical

DHAKA: Four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran, unnamed US officials say.It was unclear whether the missiles caused any damage, they said, reports BBCOn Wednesday, Russia said it had fired 26 missiles at 11 targets in north and north-west Syria -

DHAKA: The United Nations envoy for Libya has proposed the formation of a national unity government after months of difficult talks.Since 2014, Libya has had two rival parliaments - an Islamist-backed one in Tripoli and an internationally recognised government in the east, reports BBC.UN

DHAKA: The UN human rights chief Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein has called for calm in the West Bank after a week of violence in the occupied territory, as well as occupied-East Jerusalem, and inside Israel.Hussein warned on Thursday that ‘more bloodshed will only lead to more

DHAKA: The president of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said she has received US President Barack Obama’s apology over the US military strike on the charity’s hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.But MSF still wants an independent investigation, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘We reiterate

DHAKA: The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2015 is awarded to the Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich.The prize was bestowed to the Belarusian author "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time’.A press release by nobelprize.org said on Thursday.BDST:

DHAKA: Russia has fired cruise missiles at targets in Syria in a major display of military power, with warships in the Caspian Sea more than 1,200km away carrying out the attacks.Russia says it is targeting the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria group, but at least some of its air

DHAKA: At least 13 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes that hit a wedding in a rebel-held town in Yemen.The attack happened in Sanban, about 100km south-east of the capital, Sanaa, witnesses said, reports the BBC.It was not clear who was behind the attack but a

DHAKA: US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has come out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement championed by Barack Obama.The landmark trade deal involves 12 countries along the Pacific rim, including the US, Australia and Japan.In an interview Hillary Clinton said the

DHAKA: Russia's growing military involvement in the Syria conflict is expected to be high on the agenda as Nato defence ministers meet in Brussels.It comes after Nato member Turkey complained that Russian jets had repeatedly violated its airspace, reports the BBC.Ministers are also

DHAKA: The EU is beginning a new operation in the southern Mediterranean to intercept boats smuggling migrants.Under Operation Sophia, naval vessels will be able to board, search, seize and divert vessels suspected of being used for human smuggling.Until now, the EU has focused on

DHAKA: Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is seeking to invoke a never-used body to investigate the US bombing of its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz.MSF said it did not trust internal military inquiries into the bombing that killed at least 22 people, reports BBC.The

DHAKA: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 to Tomas Lindahl of the UK, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar of the USA on Wednesday.The award was bestowed on Tomas Lindahl, Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory,

DHAKA: The leader of last month’s short-lived coup in Burkina Faso has been charged with crimes including threatening state security and murder.Gen Gilbert Diendere is expected to face trial before a military tribunal.Interim President Michel Kafando was reinstated two weeks ago after

DHAKA: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have confirmed in writing to the UN secretary general their commitment to UN resolutions aimed at ending the country’s conflict.In a letter obtained by the BBC, Houthi representatives pledge to adhere to a seven-point peace plan brokered by the UN during